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manufacturers of hardwoods. J. S. Thompson, formerly of the Memphis 

 office of the traffic association, has been on the job for about ten days at 

 Louisville. 



The meeting of the Ivouisvilie Hardwood Club on June 3 wais j;iven over 

 largely to a discussion relative to production, costs and marketing. The 

 question of costs In connection of production is being gone into "rather 

 thoroughly from various angles at this time. Some discussion was also 

 heard relative to traffic matters, regarding the question of when and how 

 the railroads would be released by the Railroad Administration. Some 

 shippers believe that a change will be effected at an early date, while 

 others can see nothing in sight before 1920. It was decided at this meet- 

 ing to transfer the summer meetings to the country, with the next one 

 at the Devil's Kitchen, 



The W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company has been a little short on 

 production this season, due to loss of mills Viy fire and steady rains in 

 Arkansas and Alabama. However, a new double band mill is going in at 

 Fayette. Ala., which will be in operation the latter part of August, and 

 which will again bring operations up to normal. 



The new veneer plant of the Wood-Mosaic Company at Highland Park 

 is progressing nicely, it now being under roof, with indications that it 

 will be ready to start operations about August 15. equipped to cut all 

 classes and grades of veneers, but probably featuring oak and walnut. 



The Indiana Veneer & Panel Company, which also controls the Iloosier 

 Panel Company, in addition to its recent announcement relative to erect- 

 ing a $100,000 addition, has closed a deal whereby it takes over the Cres- 

 cent Manufacturing Company, Louisville, a $50,000 corporation estab- 

 lished by A. E. Shaner, W. G. Anderson, E. E. Crone and others in 1906. 

 This concern has been making store fixtures and talking machine cabinets. 

 The new owners plan to continue operation of the plant at Thirteenth and 

 Main streets. The Crescent company has (lone an excellent business and 

 made money. It is understood that the purchase price involved about 

 $150,000. 



George Wilcox of the I. B. Wilcox Lumber Company, Louisville, claims 

 that he is having no difficulty in selling the full productitm of high-grade 

 veneer from bis mil! in Mississippi, but that low grades are a little dull. 



Barry Norman of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company in a recent state- 

 ment said that he had hopes of being able eventually to get back on a full 

 production scale in the South, but it has been a question of rain and more 

 rain all season. 



Fred G. Jones of Louisville, head of the Fred G. Jones Lumber Company, 

 has purchased from J. L. Butler, Danville, Ky., the latter's half interest 



in the Crescent Lumber Company, and with Hughes Jackson, formerly of 

 the J. T. Jackson Lumber Company. Lexington, owner of the other half 

 interest, purchased from Mr. Butler last March, will incorporate the 

 New Crescent Lumber Company, of which Mr. Jackson will be president 

 and general manager. 



Business with the Louisville Veneer Mills has been very active all 

 season, with April and May banner months. The company has been adver- 

 tising for girls over eighteen years of age, and plans to continue using 

 girls on much work, which was handled by men before the war, it having 

 been found that the girls were more willing and fairly efficient. 



A considerable amount of flooring, interior trim, etc., should develop 

 locally if only a few of the many apartment house, office building, fine 

 residence and other projects develop into active business. Flooring manu- 

 facturers are much busier than they have been, but are not crowded. 



TEXAS 



W. .\- I*riddie. supreme snark, has returned from a sojourn of two 

 months on the I'acific coast recuperating. Mr. Priddle, while there combed 

 the woods and put through three flocks, of kittens In Sacramento, Los 

 Angeles and San Francisco. He announced that the chloroform would be 

 administered in the Beaumont territory at an early date and business 

 would be picked up where the peace conference left off. 



Shortage of track men has compelled the Sabine Tram Company to 

 postpone the erection of another hardwood mill of 30.000 capacity. A 

 large part of the machinery, taken from the dismantled Felicia mill, 

 is already on the ground, but it may be months yet before construction 

 is started. J. Blewett Smythe, president of the company, stated that 

 they had found it impossible to keep enough track men on the job to 

 make it possible to properly log the mills already in operation and noth- 

 ing would be done to increase this burden until there is a change in 

 conditions. 



H. J. Lutcher Starke, one of the largest lumbermen in Orange, has 

 been appointed a member of the board of regents of the University of 

 Texas by Gov. W. P. Hobby. Mr. Stai-ke is a graduate of the university 

 and his father before him served on the same board. 



The Mitchell-Best Lumber Company has been organized and has opened 

 up a yard in the northern suburbs of Beaumont. It will devote its 

 attention chiefly to handling material for residential construction. N. W. 

 Best, the junior member of the firm, served overseas with the famous 

 Ninetieth division. 



F. M. Sims, who has^ been shipping clerk for the Fostoria Lumber Com- 



